US sanctions senior Georgian judges for ‘undermining rule of law’
Georgian Dream responded defiantly, accusing the US of corruption and threatening to leak details of private conversations with US officials.
Azerbaijan conducts mass arrests over ‘Iran-backed coup attempt’
The authorities claimed an Iran-backed group was planning to seize power through armed riots in order to establish a state governed by Sharia law.
Three police officers killed in latest battle with gunmen in Ingushetia
Russian authorities had been searching for the group following an attack on a police checkpoint on 27 March.
Podcast | Senior Georgian judges sanctioned by US and Russia’s ban on Armenian dairy products
US sanctions on four senior Georgian judges and Russia’s ban on Armenian dairy products.
Features & Analysis
Analysis | How Azerbaijan’s youth feels towards different countries and the conflict
Polling by the Agora Analytical Collective shows which countries young Azerbaijanis like and dislike, which they see as a threat or an ally.
Activists rally against ‘monster’ building on Sukhumi seafront
The construction of a multi-storey building in a historic quarter of Abkhazia’s capital has prompted pushback from activists and architects.
Poisoned, soaked, but still dancing: Georgia’s Zoomers come of political age
Sassy posters, raving to sirens, and dancing with water jets have become symbols of the protests that defeated Georgia’s foreign agent bills.
‘Irrationality is subjective’: fears rise of conflict between Iran and Azerbaijan
As the two countries exchange increasingly aggressive rhetoric and actions, some worry that a serious conflict might break out.
Georgia’s lost parents and sold children
A group in Georgia claims to have reunited 500 people sold by doctors as newborns with their biological families.
Opinion
Opinion | Azerbaijan needs an alternative to nationalist militarism
Civil society must step up and propose a progressive alternative to Baku’s rule — one that challenges the nationalist militarism at its core.
Opinion | Greenwashing a blockade
It is clear that the ‘eco-protesters’ blocking the Lachin Corridor were put there by Baku.
Opinion | Russia’s shifting interests are leaving Armenia out to dry
Russia is reneging on its long-term alliance with Armenia, in favour of closer ties with Azerbaijan and Turkey